Hello everyone, it has been a while, still enjoying the ADI-2 a lot, but even with all my 'upgrades' to the transport and the psu something was still missing in my setup, it was like a meal without salt, and I think I've found my secret ingredient, and its free within the RME settings.
My setup now is the RME ADI-2 > A90 > HD820, and while the sound is amazing, on some tracks I wish it had a bit more body to it, and maybe be more musical (like my R-2R dac Project Box S FL).
Playing around within the menu I've found the 'Polarity' setting, had no clue what it did and if it had any effect on the sound. It turns out, at least in my setup, it was exactly what I was missing. I'm using Polarity- Both option. For me it adds a lot of body to the mids, makes the music flow better.
This is why I still love my ADI-2, with so many options to modify the sound you can discover something that completes your system. And its free within the options. I'm curious to see if this setting makes a difference for someone else like it did for me. Not sure if all will enjoy it, it sounds like a distortion of some kind, almost tube like, but for me it is very enjoyable.
My setup now is the RME ADI-2 > A90 > HD820, and while the sound is amazing, on some tracks I wish it had a bit more body to it, and maybe be more musical (like my R-2R dac Project Box S FL).
Playing around within the menu I've found the 'Polarity' setting, had no clue what it did and if it had any effect on the sound. It turns out, at least in my setup, it was exactly what I was missing. I'm using Polarity- Both option. For me it adds a lot of body to the mids, makes the music flow better.
This is why I still love my ADI-2, with so many options to modify the sound you can discover something that completes your system. And its free within the options. I'm curious to see if this setting makes a difference for someone else like it did for me. Not sure if all will enjoy it, it sounds like a distortion of some kind, almost tube like, but for me it is very enjoyable.